Art Runneth Over
Eight years ago, River Oaks Square Arts Center, a multipurpose contemporary visual and fine arts hub in Alexandria, wanted to put on a national art show to both elevate…
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Episode 74: Make Way For The Courir De Mardi Gras
If you're in Cajun Country around Mardi Gras time be careful when you cross the road, there might be some masked riders pursing chickens for a gumbo. Chance Henry joins Louisiana Life Executive Editor Errol Laborde, along with podcast producer…
Lt. Governor Nungesser unveils Louisiana Civil Rights Marker at the Louisiana Maneuvers & Military Museum
PINEVILLE, La (press release) – On Feb. 2, Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Office of Tourism unveiled the newest marker on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail honoring the members of the 761st Tank Battalion during a ceremony…
Keep Louisiana Beautiful accepting letters of intent for Healthy Communities Grant Program through March 11
MANDEVILLE, La (press release) – Keep Louisiana Beautiful, the state’s leading community improvement organization, seeks programs and activities to fund with its Healthy Communities Grant program and is calling for letters of intent to be submitted by March 11,…
Freedom Libraries Open in Two Louisiana Prisons
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – The national non-profit Freedom Reads opened two Freedom Libraries in prisons across Louisiana, one in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the state’s oldest and only maximum security prison, and one at Elayn Hunt…
Thousands of Trees Planted at Sam Houston Jones State Park in Lake Charles
LAKE CHARLES, La (press release) – Volunteers today planted over 5,000 trees at Sam Houston Jones State Park in Lake Charles. The event is part of ongoing efforts to rebuild the park after Hurricane Laura caused severe damage in…
Episode 73: Orphan Trains - Life on the Other Side of the Tracks
There are few phrases that can sound as sad as “Orphan Train,” yet between 1854 and 1928 for thousands of kids who had experienced the fragile immigrant life and the slums of the east coast, the Orphan Trains were a…
Episode 72: Pointe-Au-Chien – The People and The Place
There is a place in Terrebonne Parish near the Gulf of Mexico known for its beautiful scenery, bountiful seafood and a population of indigenous people. It is also known for its fragile existence so near the water, as tested by…
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Showcase your unique town, city, event and reach over 80,000 readers of Louisiana Life Magazine. Louisiana Life is a lifestyle magazine for those that love Louisiana. Each issue covers the people, food and locations from around the state. Louisiana Life…
Episode 71: Storyville – A Neighborhood Of Its Own
You may not have noticed it, but this year is the 125th anniversary of the legalization of the Storyville red-light district in New Orleans. Storyville was an effort to make prostitution more respectable by allowing it only in a…
Lt. Gov. Nungesser, Louisiana Office of Tourism to unveil Louisiana Civil Rights Trail marker honoring the 761st Tank Battalion at the Louisiana Maneuvers & Military Museum
PINEVILLE, La (press release) – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Office of Tourism will unveil the next marker on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail on Wednesday, February 2, at the Louisiana Maneuvers & Military Museum in Pineville…
La danse de Mardi Gras, Feb. 5
LAFAYETTE, La (press release) – Join in for a country dance at AcA celebrating the rural traditions of Mardi Gras in the big city. Dr. Barry Ancelet will begin the evening with a shortened version of his annual…
Lt. Governor Nungesser Unveils Louisiana Civil Rights Marker at McDonogh 19 Elementary School in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Office of Tourism launched the next series of Louisiana Civil Rights Trail marker unveilings. The McDonogh 19 Elementary School marker was unveiled in a ceremony at the…
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Festivals Acadiens et Créoles Makes its Great Return With a Spring and Fall Festival in 2022
LAFAYETTE, La (press release) – Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, the world’s largest free Cajun and Creole music festival, is coming back stronger than ever in 2022. This year’s theme, “Le Grande Retour” or “The Great Return,” promises a tour de…
Episode 70: Some of the State's Best
In trying to pick a Louisianian of the Year, there are 4.6 million people to choose from. Louisiana Life magazine makes the task a bit easier by talking to experts in various fields to whittle the size to five worthy…
Episode 69: Stories of the King Cake - Any Way You Slice It
In preparing his book about king cakes, author Matt Haines claims to have sampled from 80 different cakes for the sake of journalism. His book, "The Big Book of King Cake” was worth the effort because it is both an…
Episode 68: Stories From The Census
Census figures do more than just set the numbers for political districts, they also tell us a lot about our lives and places of note in Louisiana. Jeff Adelson and Sam Karlyn, both journalists for The Advocate who have extensively…
Episode 67: Sweet Dreams – Somethings Special From the Oven
We think of Louisiana’s culinary excellence most often in terms of the seafoods, gumbo, etouffees and the variety of pork dishes, but there is a whole other category for sweet things. Lafayette-based author Dixie Poche joins Errol Laborde, executive editor…
Tree planting held at Fontainebleau State Park to replace trees destroyed by 2020 and 2021 hurricanes
MANDEVILLE, La. (press release) – Volunteers planted more than 400 cypress tree seedlings at Fontainebleau State Park in Mandeville today as part of a continued reforestation effort. Fontainebleau State Park suffered major tree losses following hurricanes Zeta in 2020…
Artifact Identification Program at Poverty Point World Heritage Site
PIONEER, La. (press release) – Have you found any neat projectile points, beads, plummets, pottery, or ceramic objects that you want to show off? Are you unsure of what you have found? On Saturday, January 22, Louisiana State Parks…
Celebrating 150 Years of the King of Carnival with the Rex Organization
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana State Museum announce the opening of a new exhibition, Rex: The 150th Anniversary of the School of Design, at the Presbytère on February 1, 2022. Just in…
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